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Wife

By: Charlotte Mendelson
Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
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'Crackles with female fire and fury' – The Guardian
'A bravura portrait of a marriage in meltdown' – The Observer
'Fast and furious' – The Sunday Times

Discover the bitingly witty novel from the prize-winning author of The Exhibitionist, Charlotte Mendelson.

Dr Penny Cartwright is everything that Zoe Stamper is not: glamorous, sophisticated and openly gay. When they begin a passionate affair, a lifetime of wedded bliss seems within Zoe’s grasp. But this is not a love story. It’s the story of how love can bring about disaster . . .

'A terrific panic attack of a novel' – i newspaper
'Lacerating' – Financial Times
'Unbearably brilliant' – Nigella Lawson
'A gift to the reader . . . Irresistible' – Amy Bloom, bestselling author of In Love
'Compelling' – Glamour
'Truly radical' – The Spectator

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This is a well written book and I got very involved in the story and wanted to know what happened. On the down side, the characters are generally awful people and were a bit wearing to spend time with. The narrator is excellent and does the different voices extremely well.

Compelling but not always enjoyable

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I wasn’t sure at first but as I got further into the book I loved the dynamics

Something different

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I really wanted to like this book but I just couldn't get into it at all. Sadly I couldn't finish it. I had to abandon as the story seemed to be so slow I didn't know where I was half the time. The characters were really annoying too. The narrator was excellent though. It may appeal to some but not me. Sorry

Annoying characters

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It’s excellently written, but I can’t help but loathe the Balders, and especially Penny- to the point of yelling back at her when she’s off on one! Manipulative, thy name is Penny, but a brilliant book.

Run, Zoe!

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Truthfully took forever to get going. Never went anywhere and just ends. Did not flow and really just was not great.

Not great

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I mean honestly this book I will not re read. It was incredibly frustrating to listen to this. So much abuse so much verbal domestic violence and using information between partners as weapons. I didn’t like this story at all. It’s upsetting at how much she appeases Penny. Using her family history against her was disgusting. I hated this

Infuriating

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I loved The Exhibitionist by this author and wonder if I may have enjoyed this more if I'd read rather than listened. I'm afraid I found the narration very harsh, I get that the subject matter isn't easy, but it was really difficult to listen to. it certainly wasn't listening for pleasure.

Not for me, tried, but couldn't finish.

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